DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN CHINA

DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN CHINA. Children dressed in traditional costumes prepare for the opening ceremony of the Duanwu Festival at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing, China on June 22, 2012. The Duanwu festival, also known as Dragon Boat festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a famous Chinese poet from the kingdom of Chu. Photo courtesy getty images